Thu 12 December 2019: (AFP) SAO PAULO — A Christmas satire on Netflix depicting Jesus in a gay relationship has sparked a backlash in Brazil, where hundreds of thousands signed a petition calling for the film to be axed. “The First Temptation of Christ” by Brazilian comedy group Porta dos Fundos began streaming on December […]
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Tue 10 December 2019: Yemeni worshippers attending a mosque in Sanaa have been ordered by Houthi rebels to pay to use the premises, according to a notice pinned to the gate of the religious institution that has since gone viral online. Mosque goers wishing to pray the early morning dawn prayer must pay 100 Yemeni rials ($0.40), […]
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Mon 09 December 2019: Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, also known as Jalal ad-Din ar-Rumi, a man of thought and a Sufi known all over the world for his teachings, is being commemorated on the 746th anniversary of his death. Thousands of visitors from both Turkey and abroad are attending the international commemoration ceremony marking the anniversary […]
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Mon 09 December 2019: Men in Saudi Arabia will no longer need to use separate entrances for male customers or sit behind partitions at restaurants in the latest measure announced by the government. In the past, cafes and restaurants were segregated by “family” sections which were allocated for women who are out on their own […]
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Sat 07 December 2019: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday recited the Muslim holy book, the Quran, following the inauguration ceremony of the new Cambridge Central Mosque in Britain. Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!
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Fri 06 December 2019: Name of Islam’s prophet rounds out top 20% of ranked names for boys as Aaliyah does the same for girls Muhammad has, for the first time, broken into the top 10 names given by parents to their male children in the U.S., according to data recently released by a parenting firm […]
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Thu 05 December 2019: – Recep Tayyip Erdogan to cut ribbon on groundbreaking Cambridge mosque, boasting zero-carbon footprint and solar power Visiting Britain, Turkey’s president on Thursday is due to inaugurate the new Cambridge Central Mosque in Cambridge, England, Europe’s very first eco-friendly mosque. Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to Britain to attend a two-day NATO […]
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Thu 05 December 2019: Scores of Jewish graves were found desecrated in a cemetery in eastern France, police said, hours before lawmakers adopted a resolution equating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. Some 107 graves were defaced with anti-Semitic inscriptions in the city of Westhoffen, while graffiti against Jews was also found in nearby Schafhouse-sur-Zorn on Tuesday. France […]
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Wed 04 December 2019: Six Malaysian Muslims have reportedly been handed one-month jail terms for skipping prayers in violation of Islamic laws. Attending Friday prayers is obligatory for Muslim men in Malaysia, Aged 17-to-35, the men had been caught having a picnic by a waterfall instead of taking part in prayers on a Friday, the holiest day […]
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Tue 03 December 2019: A Mexican couple converted to Islam Sunday with the actor who plays Abdurrahman Alp in the hit Turkish television show “Ertugrul”. The couple said their shahadah, the Islamic declaration of faith, with star Celal Al when he visited the United States. A video posted on Twitter by KayiFamily shows Al stating the shahadah, which […]
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